"We cannot wriggle out of this [that we have no free will] by appealing to the forms of nondeterministic causation found in quantum theory, where causes do no more than make their effects more or less probable. First, this kind of causation is only found at the subatomic level, so it has nothing to say about what happens with full-sized human beings such as ourselves. Second, it does not allow for free will, because to make a free choice is not to make a random one, or one where the causes leave room for chance in what effects they have. And third, even quantum physicists do not properly understand what is going on in the phenomena they study, so it is highly speculative for others to draw serious metaphysical conclusions from their work."
Sunday, June 30, 2013
It is highly speculative for others to draw serious metaphysical conclusions from quantum physicists work
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